Radiator-filling attachment for automobiles.



v c. s. R OBERTSHAW. I RADIATOR FILLING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES. 1 APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10. I916.

Patented WW. 5, 1918.

E 5-EUBRTEHAW CHARLES S. ROBERTSHAW, F NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA.

RADIATQR-FILLING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

To all whom .z't may concern:

Be 1t known that I, CHARLES S. Ronnnr straw, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Natchitoches, in the parish of Natchitoches and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Radiator-Filling Attachments for Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a radiator filling attachment for automobiles and its object is to provide a structure adapted to be connected to the usual filling opening of an automobile radiator and when in position will provide a receptacle into which water may be poured with much greater case than it could be poured through the usual filling opening, whereby spilling of the water is prevented.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a structure of highly ornamental design which will improve the appearance of the automobile, will effectually strain the water passed therethrough, Will be adjust able to radiators of different sizes, will not become overheated to such an extent as to burn the fingers of the user and will provide means for the insertion of a thermometer so that the temperature of the water in'the radiator may be ascertained.

Further objects and advantagesof the in vention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows:

lln the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a. front elevation of my improved radiator filling attachment.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal, sectional view therethrough, and

Fig. 3 is a detail, sectional View of a reducing connection hereinafter described.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen thatthe invention comprises a receiver consisting of an elongated body portion 5 having hinged thereto at 6 a 116. 7 these parts complementally forming a structure that is substantially oval in longitudinal section. A spring 8 secured to the body portion 5 has its free end bearing against the under side of the lid 7 and normally tend; to throw said lid to open position. The free edge of the lid has a rolled portion 9 adapted to engage beneath the li 10 of a spring catch 11, the latter being secured to the body portion 5 and having a guard 18 extending there- Specification of Letters JPatent.

Patented Nov. .5, llwlltdi.

Application filed November 10, 1916. Serial No. 130,616.

around to.-.limit the movement of the spring catch 11 away from the lid 7. When the spring catch 11 is pressed by the thumb away from the lid 7, spring 8 throws the lid upwardly and rearwardly until it abuts against a spring stop 14 that is secured to the body 5. This spring stop corresponds in shape to the spring catchll and, consequently, these parts aid in contributing to the ornamental appearance of the article as a whole. To further aid in producing an ornamental efi'ect, the lid 7 is provided with the extensions 15. An ornamental knob it] which may be of any desired shape or carry ascertainthe temperature of the water in the radiator.

The lower part of the body 5 carries a threaded extension 18 adapted to engage the usual threaded filling extension of an automobile radiator indicated at 20 and this threaded extension 18 is covered by a sieve 21 that is hinged to the body 5 at 2-2 so that by removal of the pintle of the hinge, the screen may be readily removed and another substitutedtherefor. In order to adapt the device to be used with smaller cars than those adapted to be engaged by extension 18, T provide the reducing extension shown in Fig. 3, said extension comprising a threaded. portion 23 adapted to engage the threaded extension 18 and a smaller threaded portion 24 adapted to engage the radiator filling entension .of smaller cars. Set screws 25 serve to hold the extensions against turning.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the present invention provides a highly ornamental normally closed filling attachment for automobiles of such orna' mental form as to improve the appearance of a car and of such capacity as to permit water to be poured therein without spilling the same.

Furthermore the substitution of my device for the usual screw cap of the radiator obviates the necessity of unscrewing said caps from the radiator or screwing said caps in place. This is an advantage because said caps become very hot. A further advantage of my structure is that there is no likelihood of a cap or lid becoming lost as in heretofore known devices. If desired, the spring cap 11 till Flti

ltltl lit] may be provided with a rubber covering indicated at 11' which covering will not get hot. It is also to be noted that by locating the line of division between the lid 7 and the body 5, materially above the horizontal center of the structure, the Walls of the body are inwardly directed adjacent the upper edges thereof. This aids in preventing the spilling of the water; it being remembered that this device is used under conditions where frequently the radiator is filled With the engine running and consequently at a time when the structure is subjected to considerable vibration.

lVhile the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purpose for which they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but includes withinits purview such changes as may be prising a body portion and a cap, the two eomplementally forming a substantially oval structure and the cap being horizontally separated trom the body portion along a line above the horizontal center of the structure 1 so that the walls of the body portion adjacent the upper edge thereof are inclined inwardly and means for hinging the cap to the body portion at one end thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. ROBERTSHAVV. Witnesses:

CHAS. DE BLIEUX, GASTON CAsrARI. 

